I agree, they said shortly after euros she was fine and she did a few good 3ATh in Nice already. She has said they have won enough golds at worlds and now want to break records with difficulty, they want to be the first pair to land a 3ATh at an international competiton. An honestly even if she falls, if they nail the free that should be enough for a medal.

i agree 100%

i don t know if they can do the 3ATh clean in the sp.... but i would be sooo proud of them if they gonna try it

I agree, they said shortly after euros she was fine and she did a few good 3ATh in Nice already. She has said they have won enough golds at worlds and now want to break records with difficulty, they want to be the first pair to land a 3ATh at an international competiton. An honestly even if she falls, if they nail the free that should be enough for a medal.

I thought Inoue/Baldwin landed the first 3ATh. They landed it at the 2006 Olympics.

Inoue and Baldwin are the first to do the throw 3A at both Olympics (in the SP) and Worlds (in the LP) both in 2006. Rena did reach for the ice on the landing at Worlds, but really close inspection of replay showed that she did not touch down IIRC. They got a slightly negative GOE for the element but full base value for the element. I/B placed 4th at 2006 Worlds largely due to the fact that John landed his 3T for once and Rena landed the throw 3A. They were 3rd in the LP. Still the highest placement at worlds for a US pair in the last nine years since Ina and Zimmerman's 2002 bronze.

Thanks for this info., Spun Silver, would loooooooooooove to watch this, but that's awfully early here on the West Coast. :(

Originally Posted by jcoates

Inoue and Baldwin are the first to do the throw 3A at both Olympics (in the SP) and Worlds (in the LP) both in 2006. Rena did reach for the ice on the landing at Worlds, but really close inspection of replay showed that she did not touch down IIRC. They got a slightly negative GOE for the element but full base value for the element. I/B placed 4th at 2006 Worlds largely due to the fact that John landed his 3T for once and Rena landed the throw 3A. They were 3rd in the LP. Still the highest placement at worlds for a US pair in the last nine years since Ina and Zimmerman's 2002 bronze.

And they had the HIGHEST TES at 2006 Worlds LP, too. Ina and John are special.
It's annoying that S/S think they would be the first to land a 3A at an international competition. Learn your own sport history!

I read an article in German (http://www.taz.de/Eiskunstlauf-WM-in-Nizza/!90220/) about Aliona and Robin and apparently they are not in top shape, even Steuer talked about simply medalling being good enough this time. I hope they still manage to do well. It will be an exciting competition.

Oh no! I too hope they will manage to do well, the #1 thing I would like to see in the pairs discipline this year is a perfectly clean performance of their masterpiece LP Pina. For everything else, let the chips fall where they may.

And they had the HIGHEST TES at 2006 Worlds LP, too. Ina and John are special.
It's annoying that S/S think they would be the first to land a 3A at an international competition. Learn your own sport history!

In her defense, if they do land one and medal at worlds; they would be the first to medal (possible win gold) with one, so she she is correct. Maybe that's what she meant and it got lost in translation. I wouldn't get too upset about it especially if they don't even try it.

By the way, thanks for the info. about their being the highest placing American Pairs Team in 9 years, didn't know that, thanks again!

Odd bit of trivia: US pairs have had their highest pairs placement of each of the last four Olympic cycles at the post Olympics World Championship. I mention this with full knowledge of the fact that those WCs were almost always weaker fields.